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:: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 ::

New to Hamilton, Carpenters Union is changing with the times
By ROD DANIEL
"We very much view our relationship with contractors as being a partnership," Weiss said. "Our goal is to have a win-win situation. The OSHA classes help protect workers and contractors."
That cooperative, rather than adversarial, approach differs from what many people think about unions, Weiss said, and is indicative of the new direction the UBC has taken over the last decade.
With a membership that had dropped from 833,000 in 1973 to almost 300,000 in 1995, UBC General President Douglas McCarron was elected in 1995 to bring change to what had become an impersonal, top-heavy organization that fell short in representing its members. Almost immediately, Weiss said, McCarron ushered in sweeping changes.
"McCarron got back to business and streamlined the organization by putting more than 50 percent of the staff in the field," he said. "His focus was on more carpenter-to-carpenter organizing, more skills training and higher productivity in the industry."

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